Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority, a U.S. government entity operating as a city airport authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee, supplies aviation turbine fuel to the federal government as a prime contractor, with a secondary role in airport infrastructure and property leasing. The Authority operates without SBA certifications or set-aside designations and competes in full-and-open procurements.

The Authority's federal footprint is heavily dominated by a single commodity and customer. Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 9,974 awards (99% of the recent award count) valued at $96.5 million in combined potential value, representing nearly all of the Authority's federal contract activity. These delivery orders span two primary indefinite-delivery contract vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract SP060015D0004 (4,503 task orders, $42.1 million combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60719D0100 (5,128 task orders, $4.4 million combined potential value). The awards cover fixed-price and fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment delivery of aviation turbine fuel (JAA-compliant jet propellant-8) to the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, with completion dates clustered in mid-2023. Representative DLA Energy task orders include a $7,753.60 delivery order for turbine fuel, a $11,819.03 fixed-price order, and a $10,266.70 delivery order—each issued as a single-delivery agreement with one-day performance periods.

Secondary federal customers include the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (16 awards, $7.9 million combined potential value) for leasing office and real property, the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (8 awards, $2.2 million combined potential value), and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration and its Southern Region (48 awards combined). Most recent activity in this secondary portfolio includes a July 15, 2026 award from FAA Southern Region under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) for $735,524.44 to fund Phase 1 design of an 18,275-square-foot terminal expansion at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, with an intended completion date of July 14, 2030. This grant funds design of passenger boarding bridge infrastructure and usable space underneath the terminal to accommodate increased passenger and aircraft operations.

The Authority's NAICS concentration reflects its commodity-driven portfolio: 9,633 awards fall under Petroleum Refineries (NAICS 324110), and 341 fall under Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424690), while 89 awards sit in Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (NAICS 531120). Activity has contracted sharply—1,582 awards in 2022, declining to 693 in 2023 and only three awards in each of 2024 and 2025, with two awards recorded in 2026—driven by the completion of the DLA Energy fuel delivery task order sequence in June 2023. The combined potential value across all awards totals $128.2 million, though the Authority has obligated $179.4 million, indicating actual invoiced fuel deliveries exceeded contracted ceilings. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure for the fuel commodity work. The Authority does not appear in subcontractor roles; all 10,121 awards in the source data reflect prime awards.